Zac Burns wrote:
I have a server running Python 2.6x64 which after running for about a
month decides to lock up and become unresponsive to all threads for
several minutes at a time. While it is locked up Python proceeds to
consume large amounts of continually increasing memory.
The basic function of the server is to serve a large dictionary -
somewhat like a database. I have a couple theories as to why it locks
up, but I'm not sure how to test them.
Theories:
Python is resizing the large dictionary
Python is garbage collecting
How would you suggest to figure out what is the problem?
If it has been running continuously all that time then it might be that
the dictionary has grown too big (is that possible?) or that it's a
memory fragmentation problem. In the latter case it might be an idea to
restart Python every so often; perhaps it could do that automatically
during a "quiet time", eg at midnight every Sunday.
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